Real World Dilemma - Dog Turds!!!

Sorry if this subject grosses you out (because it is sorta gross) but it's certainly something people with a dog probably will face sometime.  We just got a dog 2 weeks ago - a 4 yr old Chocolate Lab - who we named Cimber. Great dog!!  She doesn't chew on anything, (even her rawhide chew toys), she minds well, and never has had one "accident" in the house.  At least until the other night.  I think she must have got ahold of something out in the yard and for some reason it upset her stomache. I awoke to a few piles of doggy diarrhea by the front door. Wouldn't you know I had just cleaned the carpets the day before!!

It's not like you can wait a day or two until you can get a professional carpet cleaner scheduled! Here's what you can do to fix to temporarily fix the problem.

1. Pick up the mess as best you can without smearing it or rubbing it into the carpet more than it is.
2. Get a large glass of hot tap water - as hot as it gets out of the tap. You don't want boiling hot water.
3. You need your shop vac with a small attachment like a crevice tool.
4. Pour the hot water on the spot and use the vac to immediately suck up the water and mess. It removes it right away!
5. Pour some more water on where the spot was and really extract it good.
6. Let it dry before you walk on the area.  A floor fan or any air movement will help speed the drying process up.

The above procedure will make your carpets presentable until you can call a professional to sanitize and clean the carpet.

PS - Make sure you thoroughly clean out your shop vac afterwards!!!